BENJAMIN J. SMITH, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA Assistant Professor of Architecture CURRICULUM VITAE

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1 BENJAMIN J. SMITH, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA Assistant Professor of Architecture Director, Graduate Architecture Program Tulane School of Architecture, Tulane University 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA e: w: benjaminjsmith.com o: Richardson Memorial Hall 125 p: (504) CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION 2016 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture Dissertation: With and Without Walls: The Southern California Institute of Architecture and a New School of Los Angeles Architects in the 1970s and 1980s Committee: John McMorrough (Chair), Linda Groat, Daniel Herwitz, Jeff Kipnis Distinguished Dissertation Award 2007 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Master of Architecture Thesis: (_)junct: Devices of Perception Advisor: Coy Howard Alpha Rho Chi Medal Distinguished Graduate Thesis Award 2002 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art + English Literature ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016-Present Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Assistant Professor of Architecture Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Design of Theory Fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Instructor, Graduate Student Instructor, Graduate Student Research Assistant Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Teaching Assistant LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS 2017-Present Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Director, Graduate Architecture Program PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016-Present ooffcie DESIGN, New Orleans, LA Owner/Partner Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

2 L O O P, Ann Arbor, MI Owner/Partner Morphosis Architects, Santa Monica, CA and Paris, FR Project Designer ( ) Intern Architect (2007) George Yu Architects, Culver City, CA Intern Architect REGISTRATION ARE: In progress IDP: Complete GRANTS 2017 Tulane University, Faculty Networking Seminar For junior faculty to grow their academic network ($2600) 2017 Tulane School of Architecture, Dean s Fund for Excellence With and Without Walls: The Southern California Institute of Architecture and a New School of Los Angeles Architects in the 1970s and 1980s ($9000) 2017 Tulane School of Architecture, Faculty Travel Support From Drawings to Drawls: Coy Howard s Artifacts of Architectural Production ($2350) 2017 Tulane University, COR Faculty International Travel Grant From Drawings to Drawls: Coy Howard s Artifacts of Architectural Production ($700) 2017 Tulane University, Honors Freshman Colloquium Course Development Funds The Will to Solutions: Decision-Making in Creative Fields ($3,000) 2016 Tulane University, Undergraduate Activities Fund DSGN 2100: The City - B.Arch Design Studio ($150) 2016 University of Michigan, Rackham Conference Travel Grant Composing Composers: Design Instruction for Student Empowerment ($1,300) 2013 University of Michigan, Rackham Conference Travel Grant SCI-Arc s Origins: Exodus from Cal Poly and the Formation of an Alternative Pedagogy ($1,200) 2013 University of Michigan, Taubman Conference Travel Grant SCI-Arc s Origins: Exodus from Cal Poly and the Formation of an Alternative Pedagogy ($1,200) 2013 University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant Without Walls: SCI-Arc and Los Angeles Architecture of the 1970s and 1980s ($3,000) 2013 University of Michigan Taubman Conference Travel Grant Demystifying the SCI-Arc Design Studio: ($1,150) 2012 University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant Without Walls: SCI-Arc and Los Angeles Architecture of the 1970s and 1980s ($1,500) Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

3 2012 University of Michigan, Rackham Spring/Summer Graduate Research Grant Peer review journal research ($9,000) with Monica Ponce de Leon 2011 University of Michigan, Arts of Citizenship The Farm: Greening Strategies for Empowering Marginalized Urban Youth ($15,000) with Steven Mankouche and Matthew Schulte (collaborated on early project development) 2011 University of Michigan, Rackham Spring/Summer Graduate Research Grant The Asclepius Machine ($6,000) with Robert Adams 2010 University of Michigan, Rackham Conference Travel Grant Decoupling Formal and Aesthetic Expectation ($600) 2010 University of Michigan, Taubman Conference Travel Grant Decoupling Formal and Aesthetic Expectation ($500) AWARDS 2017 Distinguished Dissertation Award, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning With and Without Walls: The Southern California Institute of Architecture and a New School of Los Angeles Architects in the 1970s and 1980s 2015 Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan Department nominated fellowship to support dissertation writing 2015 Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan Department nominated fellowship to support dissertation writing (Unable to accept due to concurrent award) Design of Theory Fellowship, Southern California Institute of Architecture To advance the necessity for theory and discourse within contemporary architectural design 2013 PhD Student Led Seminar, University of Michigan Artifacts of Architectural Production: Diamonds, Diagrams, Drawls, and Drodels 2011 Thomas A. Langius Architectural Research Scholarship, University of Michigan Doctoral Scholarship Nathan and Marilyn Levine Architectural Research Fellowship, University of Michigan Doctoral Scholarship 2007 Distinguished Graduate Thesis Award Southern California Institute of Architecture (_)junct: Devices of Perception Advisor: Coy Howard 2007 Alpha Rho Chi Medal, Southern California Institute of Architecture For demonstrating leadership, service, and the promise of professional merit 2006 Selected Project: :output 10 WAX ON/WAX OFF morphologies in paraffin, with Vilhelm Christensen Graduate Scholarship, Southern California Institute of Architecture Portfolio and merit award Honor House, St. Olaf College International Issues Dialogue Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

4 PUBLICATIONS Books In Preparation With and Without Walls: The Southern California Institute of Architecture and a New School of Los Angeles Architects in the 1970s and 1980s Peer Reviewed Publications Forthcoming (2017) Cross Americas, Probing Disglobal Networks, ACSA Int. Conference Proceedings Composing Composers: Design Instruction for Student Empowerment 2017 Quotation, SAHANZ Conference Proceedings From Drawings to Drawls: Coy Howard s Artifacts of Architectural Production 2013 Open, SAHANZ Conference Proceedings SCI-Arc s Origins: Exodus from Cal Poly and the Formation of an Alternative Pedagogy 2013 (un)common Currency, Association of Architectural Educators Conference Proceedings Demystifying the SCI-Arc Design Studio: PAST FORWARD, Think Space Pamphlet Evaluating the Manifesto: Architecture Through Constraint 2007 The Yearbook :output 10, BIS Publishers, Amsterdam, NL Project featured: WAX ON/WAX OFF morphologies in paraffin (2006), with Vilhelm Christensen Articles 2015 Offramp 10: Useless (SCI-Arc Press) Interview with Hernan Diaz Alonso 2015 SCI-Arc Magazine, SCI-Arc Press Aiming Onward: A Profile on Eric Owen Moss 2015 Offramp 08: New Los Angelisms (SCI-Arc Press) SCI-Arc Builds on Pedagogy Offramp Section Cut, sectioncut.com Artifacts of Architectural Production: Diamonds, Diagrams, Drawls, and Drodels 2012 Dimensions 25, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Assisted with research for Monica Ponce de Leon s Introduction: Dimensioning Design Publications 2014 Reedsburg Times Press, May 17, 2014, Julie Belschner (Reporter) Perfect Project Proposed for Reedsburg Project featured: Reedsburg Recreation Center (2014) 2013 Corrections and Collections: Architectures for Art and Crime, Routledge, Joe Day (Author) Project featured: Stan Brakhage Analysis (2006) 2009 Onramp 2, SCI-Arc Press Project featured: (_)junct: Devices of Perception (2007) 2009 Årbok, AHO Publications, Oslo School of Architecture + Design Project featured: WAX ON/WAX OFF morphologies in paraffin (2006), with Vilhelm Christensen Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

5 2007 Mimarlik, Arredamento Mimarlik, Boyut Yayin Grubu, Turkey Project featured: (_)junct: Devices of Perception (2007) Editor In Preparation URBANbuild Book, Editor 2015 SCI-Arc Gallery , SCI-Arc Press (under development) Book, Content Editor 2015 Offramp 10: Useless, Journal, Managing Editor Offramp 9: Lies, Journal, Managing Editor LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS Peer Reviewed Conferences In Preparation EXTREME: Rethinking the Limits to Community, Architecture, and Urbanism, Longyearbyen, SJ Devices of Perception: Architecture from Radical Contrasts 2017 Quotation: 34th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Canberra, AU From Drawings to Drawls: Coy Howard s Artifacts of Architectural Production 2016 Cross Americas: Probing Disglobal Networks, ACSA Int. Conference, Santiago, CL Composing Composers: Design Instruction for Student Empowerment 2013 Transgression: 10th Annual AHRA Int. Conference, Bristol, UK SCI-Arc Builds on Pedagogy: 1800 Berkeley Street 2013 Open: 30th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Gold Coast, AU SCI-Arc s Origins: Exodus from Cal Poly and the Formation of an Alternative Pedagogy 2013 (un)common Currency: AAE Conference, Nottingham, UK Demystifying the SCI-Arc Design Studio: PAST FORWARD: Think Space Unconference, Zagreb, HR Evaluating the Manifesto: Architecture Through Constraint (unable to attend) 2013 The Visibility of Research: ARCC 2013 Conference, Charlotte, NC Abstract: Instituting an Anti Institute: The Counterculture of 1970s SCI-Arc (unable to attend) 2010 International Journal of Arts and Sciences: Boston, MA Decoupling Formal and Aesthetic Expectation Session Chair for Communications and Media, and Social Sciences Posters Public Lectures 2016 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Architecture as Conviction: Vapid Potential or Rigorous Consequence 2016 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Without Walls, for Doctoral Studies in Architecture Colloquium Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

6 2006 Materials and Applications Gallery, Los Angeles, CA WAX ON/WAX OFF morphologies in paraffin, with Vilhelm Christensen Symposia 2012 Wither Installation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Moderator for the panel Practice 2006 agentcode: New York, NY With Columbia GSAPP, Cornell AAP, Pratt Institute, and SCI-Arc WAX ON/WAX OFF morphologies in paraffin, with Vilhelm Christensen EXHIBITIONS 2007 Selected Thesis Exhibition, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Project featured: (_)junct: Devices of Perception 2007 Seventh Annual Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA Project featured: WAX ON/WAX OFF morphologies in paraffin (2006), with Vilhelm Christensen 2006 Agnapot Film Festival, Topanga, CA Project featured: Remembering the Future 2002 Mmm Mmm Good, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Project featured: Mantra COURSES TAUGHT Tulane School of Architecture, Tulane University New Orleans, LA Forthcoming Forthcoming ADGM 3100/6100: Intro to Digital Media COLQ 1025: The Will to Solutions: Decision-Making in Creative Fields 2017 DSGN 3200/7200: Integrated Design Studio - B.Arch/M.Arch Design Studio 2017 AVSM 4350/6350: Artifacts of Architectural Production 2016 DSGN 2100: The City - B.Arch Design Studio Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA 2015 DS1101: Fundamental Architecture 2 - M.Arch 1-1GB Design Studio 2015 CS2513: Artifacts of Architectural Production 2015 DS1420: Graduate Thesis Assistant Advisor for theory and representation CS2471: Look! You ve Got it All Wrong!! Primary Instructors: Jeff Kipnis and Eric Owen Moss 2014 DS1020: Formworks: Sites & Contexts - B.Arch 2A Design Studio 2014 CS2201: Theories of Contemporary Architecture 1 Primary Instructor: Marcelyn Gow Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

7 2007 1B FD2: Drawing and Analysis Teaching Assistant for Juan Azulay A: True Romance Teaching Assistant for Juan Azulay 2006 Cinematic Spaces Teaching Assistant for Jean Michel Crettaz Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 2013 ARCH 509: Artifacts of Architectural Production 2013 ARCH 662: Insides Primary Advisor: Ellie Abrons 2013 ARCH 209: Thinking Architecture Trip Chaperone Guest Instructor for Monica Ponce de Leon 2013 ARCH 442: Promise Lands Review Moderator Guest Instructor for Dawn Gilpin 2012 ARCH 413: History of Architecture and Urbanism Graduate Student Instructor for John McMorrough 2011 ARCH 413: History of Architecture and Urbanism Graduate Student Instructor for John McMorrough 2011 ARCH 442: Wallenberg Studio Graduate Student Instructor for Steven Mankouche, et al 2010 ARCH 552: 2G1/3G4 Studio Graduate Student Instructor for Robert Adams, et al 2010 ARCH 662: Euphoria Theory Advisor Primary Advisors: Robert Adams and Perry Kulper 2010 ARCH 509: Linework One-week Substitute Guest Instructor for Dawn Gilpin 2010 ARCH 572: 2G2/3G5 Theory Graduate Student Instructor for Amy Kulper THESIS COMMITTEES 2017 Chesley McCarty, Gastronomic Architecture, Honors Program, Tulane University Reader RESEARCH POSITIONS Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Design of Theory Fellow: Theory and discourse within contemporary architectural design Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI Peer review journal research and development Graduate Student Research Assistant for Monica Ponce de Leon Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

8 2012 Whither Installation Symposium Graduate Student Research Assistant for John McMorrough The Asclepius Machine Graduate Student Research Assistant for Robert Adams 2009 Mapping studies and spatial analysis Graduate Student Research Assistant for Sophia Psarra INVITED CRITIC 2016 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016 Tulane School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 2015 Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2015 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 2014 College of Environmental Design, University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA 2014 LA Metro Program, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2013 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2012 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2012 College of Design, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 2011 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2010 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2010 Woodbury University, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2007 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA WORKSHOPS 2017 Digital Media Workshop, Tulane School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA for DSGN 3200/7200: Integrated Design Studio 2017 Deceptive Imitations, Tulane School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA led by Yasushi Ishida 2011 Form Genics, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI For Steven Mankouche, ARCH 442 Studio: An Amish Riddle with Richard Joon Yoo Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

9 MEMBERSHIPS Architectural Humanities Research Association American Institute of Architects (Assoc. AIA) Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Society of Architectural Historians Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand CERTIFICATIONS PEERRS: University of Michigan Responsible Conduct of Research Certification: Human Subjects Social and Behavioral Sciences SERVICE Tulane School of Architecture ACSA Representative Tulane School of Architecture Dean Search Committee Tulane School of Architecture Student Affairs Committee \ Tulane School of Architecture Lectures and Exhibitions Committee Tulane School of Architecture Executive Committee Tulane University Committee on Committees Tulane School of Architecture Advising and Admissions Committee 2014 ACSA/AIK Conference, Open Cities: Seoul, KR Paradigm or Practice: Models of Design + Research for a New Global Age, abstract reviewer P+ARG, University of Michigan BANKRUPT: Economic Crisis and the Built Environment, conference planning committee 2013 P+ARG, University of Michigan Emerging Voices Lecture Series, planning committee 2012 P+ARG, University of Michigan SI-North renovation committee 2010 P+ARG, University of Michigan Emerging Voices Lecture Series, planning committee 2010 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Doctoral lounge renovation committee Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D

10 2007 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA The Strangelove Loop, boardroom design competition, led by Juan Azulay 2006 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Breathing Wall, gallery installation, for Jakob+MacFarlane: 2006 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Café and Outdoor Cinema, design workshop, led by Jean Michel Crettaz 2005 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Panel discussion in response to the 2004 Tsunami 2004 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA Places to Park Your Butt, design-build workshop, led by Randall Wilson Curriculum Vitae Benjamin J. Smith, Ph.D